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Be it known zen of the United States,` residin-g at Bolinas, in the county of Marin and State of California, have invcnted new and useful improvements in Ship Construction, of Which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to the construction of ships, and it has for its object to so im pro-ve the construction that in the event of accidents, the ship shall be prevented from sinking, giving ample time for the debarka tion of passengers and creW, and thus proinoting the saving of life.

A further object of theinvention is to construct a ship'vvith an inner and an enter hull, saidhulls being separated by a vacant space into Which, in the event of damage to the outer hnll, Water may enter; means being provided for the automatic discharge of' such Water, thereby keeping the ship afloat and minimizing danger to the passengers and crew.

With these and other ends in viewv Which Will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and conibination of parts Which Will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the clairns.

in the accompanying drawing has been illnstratedf a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, nnderstood that no limita-tion is necessarily ma de to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifica tions 'Within the scope of the claims may be resorted to When desired.

in the draWing,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ship constructed in accordance With the invention. Fig. is a longitndinal sectional view of the same. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line of one of the buinpers.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.,

In the construction of the improved ship two separate hulls are employed, narnely, an outer hull 1 and an inner hnll'. Said out-er and inner hulls are joined together at their upper edges, as shown at 3. The bottom 4 of the inner hull is made substantially par`h allei to the bottom 5 of the enter hnll, bnt is spaced therefrom, as clearly shown in jFiss. 2 and 3, the intervening space. ti, being;

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that I, PAUL Bnionrs,v a citi- 'nrovision for faciiitating the escape 3-3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail viewv Patented ffct, 233i? Jlfi iste; .senarn'a Vantec.

of an'snit'able dimensions The ends of theinner hall@ are hfaiit ati an angle to' the sitles of the enter3 hall; he ing inclined? in' an inW-arddirection With ,respect'to the inner linil, thus prodncing 1 Wedge-shaped *the 'sidies and ends of the Burn-Pets or buffers spaces't entirely snrroundhig 8 are suitably arranged in the Spaces 6 and 7 between the Walls'of the inner and o-hter hnlls for the purpose of strengthening and reinforcing the same. These' bnmpers may consist of blocks of rnb ber or other snitable resilient materiah' or they may consist of blocks a, b of Wood or other suitable material7 slidably Connected together by means of guide pine or doWels 9 and having springs 10 interposed therebetweena thus affording a resilient reinforcing construction.

rfhe outer hali i is provided distance above the Water line With a pin rality of ports 11 Which are normaliy ohstrncted by nieans of closnres, such. as screw caps 12 Which Prevent Water from entering the spaces between the hnlis by the Wash of the sea or Should a lealr cccnr in the onter hnli from any cause Whatever, one or more of the closures 12 may ice removed, and the Water 'entering between the inner and cuter helle at a snitable then be discharged. thus maintaining the buoyancy of the ship and preventing serious accident. At times When the Weather is storrny and a heavy sea is going it inay be found necessary to make some 'additionai A ofwater through the port holee li. To .meet such exnergency hose 15 of rubber or other flat tlexible material is nrmfided the same hav ingI means. such as screv7 threaded coilars ih, 'Whereby they inay he comiected 'With the threadcd tlanges 17 snrro'ohdino; the `port holes, as seen in i and The hose or tnhe 15 is provided With a terminal fioat 18 having an outlet 19 Which may protected by an'npwardiy opening vai'ae to' inner hall..

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said outex' hall being provide abve the threaded fiangfes, in combinato with fiexi- WalterV line With port hles surrounec by ble ducts adapteri tobe detachabl Connected 15 threaed fianges, m combinmhion with fiexi- With said threaded fianges, sai ducts beble ucts adapted to be detachably Connected ing provided With fioats having discharge With said threaded fianges, said ducts being openings, and utwardly opening valves for provided With floats having scharge said openings.

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outer '1111 Joine 'noge er a, er`upper edges, the sid, ends smo? bottoms f said PAUL BRIONES' inner and outer hulls being spaced apart, Witnesses:

said outer kuli being provided above the Jos. G. PETAR,

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